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Sunday, February 5, 2017

SURVEY - Sex Industry Fact or Fiction?

I absolutely love research and I love writing. So when I recently decided to write about common sex industry myths, it occurred to me that this was a perfect chance to conduct an informal survey.

The survey could easily be distributed through social media and the internet as the sex industry boasts a large and very cohesive global online community.

Certainly, an online survey is not a controlled study by any means, but it may still offer us new perspectives on some of the most commonly-held stereotypes perpetuated by discriminatory laws and prohibitionist SWERFs.

Stereotypes addressed include:

The average age of entry into the sex industry is 14 years old.

All sex workers come from broken homes.

Sex industry workers do this work because we were sexually abused as children.

Sex industry workers are uneducated and / or have low intelligence.

We are unable to do other jobs.

We are forced into the industry and never enter the industry by choice, whether it's financial desperation or being pimped.

Annie Temple is the stage and writing name of Trina Ricketts. Trina has 17 years experience as a striptease artist and 15 years as a sex worker rights activist, but she's been a rebel all her life. In 2000, she founded NakedTruth.ca to support other entertainers by reducing isolation, educating about health and safety, sharing information about gigs, challenging stereotypes, teaching etiquette to customers, and organizing in-person events for charity and to promote ethical businesses in the industry.